Sunrise on Slaughter Beach

After a few groovy records from the jam room, Maryland iconoclasts Clutch release the pure rock fury on their unlucky 13th record. Neil Fallon takes aim at conspiracy theorist idiots on the explosive “Red Alert (Boss Metal Zone),” “Mountain of Bone” establishes his nerd credentials as he asks if he’s chaotic evil or lawfully good aligned, “We Strive for Excellence” reads from their well-thumbed copy of the Texan Book of the Dead, and “Skeletons on Mars” throws a total curveball in the form of a Maserati-style Krautrock race down the transnational speedway. At this point, we expect the excellence they strive for; they always deliver.